Beachhead landings near Roi and Kwajalein bases
U S troops have landed in the Marshall islands near Roi and Kwajalein and established beachheads, with Admiral Nimitz reporting strong Japanese opposition and moderate early American casualties. The 4th Marines and 7th AAP bombers aided the operation to seize lightly defended nearby islets and prepare Kwajalein atoll for capture.
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U.S
EARL HARBOR
United States
Marshall islands
Roi
Kwajalein
Chester W. Nimitz
Admiral Nimitz
4th marines
Harry Schmidt
Roi island
Charles H. Corlett
Kwajalein atoll
Kwajalein island
Plan New Burma Road Plan New Burma Road
Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell told reporters that reopening a land route to China through northern Burma is workable. He did not specify forces, timing, or finish date. Chinese forces advanced near Ledo, and Japanese losses included casualties and prisoners.
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NEW DELHI
Burma
Joseph W. Stilwell
China
Stilwell
nortow Burma
Rangoon
Taro
Slavs Defeat Nazis Chetniks Near Montenegro Front
Marshal Tito reported that partisan troops defeated a mixed German and Chetnik force near Andrijevica and Berane in Montenegro, not far from the Albanian frontier. Eighty enemy soldiers were killed and 110 wounded in the battle.
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LONDON
Andrijevica
Berane
Montenegro
Josip Broz
Tito
Abolishing private pews sparks church debate in Britain
The London correspondent for the Ottawa Journal notes agitation to remove private pews. The piece recalls Banbury Castle chapel where private seating led to a makeshift bedroom gallery, sparking quips from Bishop Wilberforce. It mentions a Devon church where youth played rugger during a sermon.
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London
Ottawa Journal
J. B. Priestley
Banbury Castle
Wilberforce
Brixham
Prime Minister King rejects blocs postwar policy
In Ottawa on February 1 Prime Minister Mackenzie King told the house of commons he opposes both Field Marshal Smuts and Lord Halifax plans for a solid postwar bloc. He favors broad cooperation with all peace-seeking nations and warned against rival power blocs, noting Canada sits between the United States and the Soviet Union as a Commonwealth member.
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OTTAWA
C.P
Mackenzie King
house of commons
Field Marshal Smuts
Lord Halifax
British Empire
Mr. King
Canada
United States
Soviet Union
British Commonwealth
Toronto
King
Commonwealth
British Isles
United Kingdom
Europe
Turkiye quake devastates Gerede. hundreds killed or hurt
A powerful earthquake struck Gerede in northern Turkey near the Black Sea, about 180 miles east of Istanbul, destroying the town and killing and injuring many of its 25,090 residents. Tremors lasted 50 seconds and were felt across Turkey.
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ANKARA
Turkey
Gerede
Istanbul
Black Sea
Spain may break with Axis, diplomat predicts
A Latin American diplomat predicts Spain will sever relations with the Axis this week amid Allied pressure. Reports from Axis and neutral sources cite diplomatic activity in Madrid as Germany claims the Allies threaten to cut food shipments. The source notes Franco faces a choice, arguing a break with the Allies is unlikely due to oil and supply needs. The Rome radio adds Spain has paused bus traffic from Madrid to Valladolid and Leon.
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Spain
Madrid
Rome
Franco
Associated Press
Buenos Aires
United States
Britain
Americas
Valladolid
Leon
Parliament In A Hurry Speaks On Speech From The Throne
Ottawa. In a brisk Commons session leaders set a tone of business as Prime Minister Mackenzie King signaled no general election before 1945 and urged more work in committees. He rejected a single Empire foreign policy, clashing with Halifax and Smuts. CCF's Coldwell disputed the Halifax view while Graydon urged unity in Britain’s Commonwealth. Blackmore pressed Bracken to choose sides and Liberal leaders urged cooperation with international finance to aid the common man. Maxime Raymond leads the Liberal lineup.
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FRANK FLAHERTY
OTTAWA
C.P
house of commons
Mackenzie King
commons
King
Empire
Toronto
Lord Halifax
United States
London
Jan Christiaan Smuts
South Africa
COLDWELL
Halifax
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
Gordon Graydon
Progressive Conservative
house
common sense
Canada
British Commonwealth
BLACKMORE
New Democracy
John Blackmore
John Bracken
Liberal party
Maxime Raymond
Million Chinese Die of Famine and Cholera
In Kwangtung province a million Chinese have died from famine and cholera, United States advisory committee secretary George Edgar Adams said in Chungking. He arrived to appeal for aid to prevent further hundreds of thousands from dying this spring, noting families selling children to obtain sustenance.
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CHANGKING
Kwangtung province
George Edgar Adams
United States advisory committee for
southeast China
Adams
Chungking
Three Allied Soldiers Shot By Jap Captors Buried Alive
Associated Press report from Los Angeles details atrocity in the Philippines near Manila. Three Allied men, two English seamen named Fletcher and Weeks and a Dominion citizen, were captured after leaving their camp. They were beaten, then executed by four Japanese officers with shots into a shallow grave at Del Norte cemetery. The Dominion man attacked a Japanese officer, severing his hand with his teeth, before being subdued. The men were bound, blindfolded, and buried alive as the trench was filled with earth. The incident prompted further brutal treatment by Japanese forces in the Manila area.
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RAYMOND Pp. CRONIN
Associated Press
LOS ANGELES
United Nations
Philippines
Manila
Dominion
Fletcher
Weeks
Santo Tomas
cemetery Del Norte
Highwood Sarcee Oils Loses Taxes Appeal
Ottawa reports the Supreme Court of Canada upheld an Exchequer Court ruling denying Highwood-Sarcee Oils Ltd. of Calgary a $74,011 tax deduction. The company argued its share purchases and loans were business expenses, while the revenue department classified them as capital losses under the Income Tax Act.
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OTTAWA
Supreme Court of Canada
Exchequer
Highwood-Sarcee Oils, Ltd
Calgary
revenue department
The revenue department
Allies Reach Outskirts Of Rome In Major Offensive
Allied forces strike from the Anzio beachhead to the Campoleone area sixteen miles southeast of Rome and push toward Cisterna on the Appian Way as renewed operations near Cassino yield prisoners and nerve jangling German defenses crumble in a key corridor to Rome. The advance follows the first major offensive since landings as reinforcements and supplies continue on schedule despite German countermeasures.
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Wes Gallagher
Associated Press
Campoleone
Rome
Cisterna
Appian Way
Anzio
Cassino
U.S
navy
Parliament Day To Day In 1944 Address Debates
The Canadian House of Commons will continue debate on the address in reply to the throne speech while the Senate sits. Prime Minister King said there will be no general election before 1945 and opposed a single foreign policy for the empire. John Bracken urged a seat in the House, while M J Coldwell called for public ownership of banks and wartime plant use in peacetime. Gordon Graydon lamented unfulfilled demobilization promises and policy gaps. Maxime Raymond viewed the throne as prelude to an election. The Senate did not sit.
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house of commons
senate
house
King
John Bracken
Progressive Conservative party
M. J. Coldwell
C.C.F
Bracken
Canada
Gordon Graydon
Maxime Raymond
Bloc Populair
Reds Take Kingisepp Five Miles From Estonia
The Red army captured Kingisepp on the Estonian frontier, a key German-supported rail hub near Narva. Stalin hailed it as a vital strongpoint in the Narva direction and ordered a 12-gun victory salute. Soviet troops fought house to house and pressed toward Narva, widening the breach on the Baltic front.
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LONDON
C.P
Red army
Kingisepp
Moscow
Yamburg
Estonia
Narva
Reval
Leonid A. Govorov
Leningrad
Joseph Stalin
Stalin
EDDY GILMORE
Associated Press
Baltic
Red
Nikolai Denisov
Lugs river
Simon
Peipus
Nazi Air Chief of Staff Hans Jesschonnek Dies in Plot Rumor
London reports a Zurich dispatch via Moscow claims Col. Gen. Hans Jesschonnek, 44, chief of staff of the German air force, was involved in a plot to replace Reichsmarshal Goering. Berlin later linked his death to Goering's HQ as due to a malignant illness. Changes in air force command followed the death, per the Tass dispatch.
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LONDON
Mostow
Zurich
Hans Jesschonnek
air force
Berlin
Reichsmarshal
Hermann Goering
Tass
Moscow
Jesschonnek
air force command
Goering
Roosevelt Defines Marshall Drive Toward Tokyo
President Roosevelt said American operations in the Marshall Islands aim at utter defeat of Japan and a drive on Tokyo, with Allies as they push west and east from Burma and Malaya. He insisted Japan’s defeat is essential to freedom and to expanding democratic rights.
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ROOSEVELT
MARSHALLS POINT
JAPAN
WASHINGTON
A.P
Marshall Islands
Tokyo
Burma
Malaya
India
Asia
LONDON
C.P
Vyacheslav Molotov
Moscow
Soviet Union
Soviet
Molotov
supreme soviet
ALBERTA
BELL EDMONTON
Dominion
treasurer’s department
VICTORIA
MARSHALLS
PEARL HARBOR
Kwajalein island
U.S
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Willis H. Hale
PRESTON GROVER
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Lewes
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Swain
Highwood-Sarcee
Hal Boyle
5th Army
Gustav line
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Reds
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